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Artists and the Spirit World

Donna Huddleston鈥檚 Witch Dance

How alternative ways of understanding the world are inspiring contemporary artists.

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Marijuana Made Me

Writer Colin Grant's personal take on the cultural history of cannabis.

• 14 mins

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Burkina Faso's Incorruptible People and the Drum

Colin Grant examines the relationship between cannabis and the global poor.

• 14 mins

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Leaf of Life

Colin Grant looks at the rise of medical marijuana.

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The Fall of the House of Crosskill

Colin Grant wonders to what extent cannabis can be deemed a 'gateway drug'.

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The Binoculars of Jah

Colin Grant ponders the relationship between musical creativity and cannabis.

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Reading Ulysses

Anne Enright on Telemachus

Anne Enright gives us a close reading of the opening pages of James Joyce's Ulysses.

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Reading Ulysses

John Patrick McHugh on Calypso

Short story writer John Patrick McHugh chooses the fourth episode of Ulysses: Calypso.

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Reading Ulysses

Colm T贸ib铆n on Sirens

Colm T贸ib铆n explains singing in Ulysses, exploring a passage from the Sirens episode.

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Reading Ulysses

Mary Costello on Ithaca

Mary Costello chooses a passage from an episode towards the end of Ulysses: Ithaca.

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Reading Ulysses

Nuala O'Connor on Penelope

Nuala O'Connor explores a passage from the novel's final episode, Molly Bloom's soliloquy.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

The Cantiaci

Archaeologist David Miles tells the story of the Cantiaci of Kent.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

Cornwall

Caradoc Peters reveals a formative period of Cornwall's past that still resonates today.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

The Parisi

Melanie Giles describes the chariot burials that distinguish the Parisi of East Yorkshire.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

Queen Cartimandua and the Brigantes

Historian Nicki Howarth-Pollard pieces together Queen Cartimandua's reign and fate.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

The Demetae

Poet Menna Elfyn senses the enduring presence of the Demetae in Carmarthen.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

Boudicca - Warrior Queen

The Essay unearths the peoples of Iron Age Britain. Writer Ilka Tampke dreams of Boudicca.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

The Maeatae

Playwright David Greig encounters the marsh-dwelling Maeatae in Scotland's Ochil Hills.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

In Search of the Druids

Take a woad trip across Iron Age Britain. Ron Hutton demystifies the story of the Druids.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

Pytheas and the Iron Sea

The peoples and myths of Iron Age Britain. Mandy Haggith on the voyages of Pytheas.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

Arthur Begins

The Essay explores the peoples and myths of Iron Age Albion. Miles Russell reveals Arthur.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

Lindow Man

Novelist Sarah Moss considers the enduring impact of an early encounter with Lindow Man.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

The Roman Orbit

Guy de la B茅doy猫re explores the integration of tribal Britain into the Roman world.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

The Atrebates

Archaeologist David Miles unravels the complex story of the Atrebates.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

The Durotriges

Archaeologist Miles Russell unearths the truth about the Durtoriges of Dorset.

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Unearthing Britannia's Tribes

Maidens, Matriarchs and Crones

The Essay reaches journeys end across Britain. Mandy Haggith imagines Albion's women.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier

Armando Iannucci

Satirist Armando Iannucci contemplates the connection between music and comedy.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier

Clive Myrie

Clive Myrie considers Bach's role his constant travel companion.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier

Rachel Cooke

Journalist and writer Rachel Cooke considers The Well-Tempered Clavier as domestic music.

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The Well-Tempered Clavier

Thomas Guthrie

Opera director and performer Thomas Guthrie reflects on what it means to be well-tempered.

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